Great
Northern Café in Blaine serves locally made
treats for your taste buds.
Great
Northern Café
Location:
795 Peace Portal Drive
Blaine, WA 98230
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Phone:
(360) 332-1900
Fax
Ordering:
N/A
Hours:
Open 5 Days A Week
from 8 am to 3 pm
Closed Wednesday & Thursday
Cuisine:
American
Service
Types:
Dine-In
Provides catering
Serving:
Breakfast & Lunch
Known For Their:
Italian Sausage with cooked onions and peppers. Also serve paletas
(Mexican popsicles), as they are called in Spanish
Parking
Off-Street
What's
Nearby:
Blaine Visitor's Center
Blaine Marina
MV Plover Ferry Rides
Blaine City Hall
Blaine Library
I-5 Exit 276
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All Aboard!
Historic Red Caboose serves up breakfast and lunch to locals
and tourist alike.
If
you drive through Blaine you can't miss it! Sitting
along Peace Portal Drive in Blaine, this bright red
caboose definitely stands out amid storefronts overlooking
Drayton Harbor and Semiahmoo Bay. Having served in
the heyday of the Great
Northern
Railroad that merged into the Burlington Railroad in
the 70's, this little red caboose's interior sets the
mood of a bygone era. The
"cupola"
or crows nest, sheds
light
on the café's tables set along the interior
windows. Outside a custom wrap around deck allows outdoor
dining
overlooking
Blaine Marina and Drayton Harbor.
Having
been vacant for sometime, café owners Joyce
Guimond and Yolanda Calderon decided that this little
red caboose could be the perfect spot for locals and
visitors to come and relax. Serving breakfast and lunch
the Great Northern Café is open five days a week 8 am to
3 pm, being closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Great
Northern Café is available for private parties or meetings.
Just call Joyce or Yolanda at (360) 332-1900 for all the
details.
Great
Local Treats Served
The café serves delicious baked goods made fresh from Café Avelino
in
Bellingham. They also proudly serve Moka Joe, organic, fair-trade coffee
out
of Bellingham and serve up a refreshing Mexican popsicle
called
paletas made in Lynden. They serve the usual hot and cold-blended drinks and
have a drink called the Choo-Choo Steamer made with steamed milk mixed with your
favorite flavor. Lunch includes a menu of the "Conductor's Favorite" (Italian
or
German
sausage on a bun) for $3.50 (try grilled onion and peppers on this for an additional
75¢, it's yummy!). And
for
the
kid's
there
is
the "Caboose Dog" for just a buck! Of course there is more to the Great
Northern Cafe's menu, but you'll have to stop by and check it out for yourself.
Enjoy!
For
more information, call the Great Northern Café at
332-1900.
(8-14-2005)
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